Legislation Tracker
Forthcoming Legislation
Public Sector Exit Payments to be capped and recoverable
Effective: to be confirmed
The Government has produced draft legislation to cap public sector exit payments (the Draft Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2016) and to make them recoverable when a high earner returns to the public sector within 12 months of leaving (the Draft Repayment of Public Sector Exit Payments Regulations 2016).
Changes to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996
Effective: to be confirmed
Following its consultation on reforming the employment tribunal system, the Government intends to make the following changes to the Employment Tribunals Act 1996.
Regulations to protect whistleblowers applying for NHS jobs
Effective: to be confirmed
The draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (NHS Recruitment - Protected Disclosure) Regulations 2018 prohibit an NHS employer from discriminating against an applicant because it appears that the applicant has made a protected disclosure.
Regulations to introduce fines on trade unions
Effective: to be confirmed
The draft Trade Union (Financial Penalties) Regulations allow trade union Certification Officers to fine unions for non-compliance with statutory requirements.
Investigatory Powers (Interception by Businesses etc. for Monitoring and Record-keeping Purposes) Regulations 2018
Effective: to be confirmed
These regulations come under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016. Similar provisions are currently contained in the Telecommunications (Lawful Business Practice) (Interception of Communications) Regulations 2000, which these new regulations will replace.
Scotland legislates to increase the number of women on public boards
Effective: to be confirmed
The Gender Representation on Public Boards (Scotland) Act 2018 sets a “gender representation objective” for public authorities in Scotland when they make appointments to non-executive board positions.
New legislation to ensure tips go to workers
Effective: to be confirmed
The Government is to introduce legislation to ensure that tips left for workers go to them in full.
Large companies required to report on directors’ pay and probity
Effective: 1 January 2019
The draft Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018 introduce new reporting requirements in order to build confidence in the way that large private and quoted companies are run.
The Employment Rights (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018
Effective: EU exit day
The following legislation makes amendments to employment law to reflect the withdrawal of the UK from the EU in the event that there is no deal with the EU.
The Armed Forces (Terms of Service) (Amendments Relating to Flexible Working) Regulations 2018
Effective: 1 April 2019
These regulations introduce two new types of flexible working (known collectively as “flexible service”) for those serving in the regular Armed Forces (the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines, the Army and the Royal Air Force).
National Insurance Contributions Bill
Effective: 1 April 2019
The Government has announced that it will introduce the National Insurance Contributions Bill in 2018.
Changes to tax treatment of termination payments
Effective: 6 April 2019
The Government is to make the following changes to the taxation of termination payments.
Payslips must state hours worked
Effective: 6 April 2019
The Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) Order 2018 requires employers to provide additional information about the number of hours that are being paid for within the itemised pay statement (payslip) of employees for whom pay varies according to the number of hours worked.
Right to itemised payslips extended to workers
Effective: 6 April 2019
The draft Employment Rights Act 1996 (Itemised Pay Statement) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2018 extends the right to receive an itemised pay statement (payslip), which currently only applies to employees, to all workers.
Abolition of receipt checking for benchmark scale rate travel expenses
Effective: 6 April 2019
A clause in the Finance Bill 2018/19 removes the requirement for employers to check receipts when using the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) benchmark scale rates to pay or reimburse their employees’ qualifying subsistence expenses.
Increases to statutory maternity pay and other statutory pay rates
Effective: April 2019
The Government has announced increases in the weekly rates for statutory maternity pay and other types of statutory pay from April 2019.
Minimum wage increases from April 2019
Effective: April 2019
The Government has accepted the Low Pay Commission’s recommended increases to the National Living Wage (NLW) and National Minimum Wage (NMW) rates.
IR35 reform to apply in the private sector
Effective: 6 April 2020
The Government has announced in the Budget that a reform to the off-payroll working (IR35) rules that has been introduced in the public sector will be extended to medium and large companies in the private sector.
Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018
Effective: April 2020
The Parental Bereavement (Leave and Pay) Act 2018 entitles parents who lose a child under the age of 18 to two weeks' paid leave.
